title: [Hydrogen test: its diagnostic possibilities in intestinal diseases].
abstract: The determination of hydrogen in exhaled air by gas chromatography was used for investigation of patients with relapsing diarrhea of various genesis. An increased H level on an empty stomach, regarded as a sign of bacterial growth in the intestine, was detected in 45% of examines, mainly in celiac disease immunodeficiency, intestinal tuberculosis, diverticulosis, diabetic enteropathy, and erosive duodenitis. An increase in the H level in exhaled air after a lactose tolerance test (50 g of lactose) made it possible to diagnose lactose deficiency in 38% of patients with chronic relapsing diarrhea. In the irritable colon syndrome lactose deficiency was detected in 40% of patients.
authors.forename: N Iu
authors.initials: NIu
authors.lastname: Lorie
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Petrakov
authors.forename: N I
authors.initials: NI
authors.lastname: Poleva
authors.forename: A I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Parfenov
mesh_terms: D001944:Breath Tests / Q000379:methods*; D002849:Chromatography, Gas / Q000379:methods; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003903:Deuterium / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007410:Intestinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D003903:Deuterium
vernacular_title: Vodorodnyĭ test: diagnosticheskie vozmozhnosti pri zabolevaniiakh kishechnika.